vorangehen
German, verb[foˈʁanˌɡeːən]
vorangehen is spelled V-O-R-A-N-G-E-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorangehen is a German verb meaning “to precede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als erster (alleine oder die anderen anführend) unterwegs sein”.
What does vorangehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to precede
- 2
to progress
- 3
to proceed
- 4
to lead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als erster (alleine oder die anderen anführend) unterwegs sein 2. als erstes (vorher) geschehen, vor einem Ereignis stattfinden 3. einen begonnenen Prozess weiterführen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vorangehen
- geht voran present singular third-person
- ging voran past
- vorangegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- vorangehend participle present
- voranzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehe voran first-person indicative present
- gehen voran first-person indicative plural
- gehst voran indicative present second-person
- gehest voran second-person singular subjunctive
- gehet voran plural second-person subjunctive
- gingen voran first-person indicative plural
- ginge voran first-person singular subjunctive
- gingst voran indicative preterite second-person
- gingt voran indicative plural preterite
- gingest voran second-person singular subjunctive
- ginget voran plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorangehen?
- [foˈʁanˌɡeːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorangehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorangehen in German?
vorangehen appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).